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This weekend, the Foothills Park & Recreation District is hosting one of its marquee events aimed at not only providing the community with an opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind gifts for the holidays, but also giving budding artists a chance to sell their wares.

Jeffco government announced it is hosting its annual holiday bazaar on Thursday, Dec. 1, at the courthouse in Golden.

Now in its sixth year, the bazaar was created to provide Jefferson County employees an opportunity to sell their handmade gifts to the public ahead of the holidays, said Julie Story, the county’s digital marketing manager. A variety of gifts will be for sale, including festive handmade crafts, baked goods, cards, jewelry, woodworking and even name-brand goods.

Following the failure of Jeffco schools' ballot initiatives 3A and 3B — which would have resulted in a $535 million bond issue and generated $33 million annually in increased property taxes — the district says its top priority is keeping the teachers it has by improving compensation.

As the Columbine Kiwanis Club wraps up another year, its members reflect on the growth experienced in 2016, as well as the many service projects accomplished.

The 69-member club, which was formed in 1978, added nine members in 2016 and donated $18,000 to various groups, including the the Jeffco Action Center; the Outdoor Lab Foundation, which supports the Jeffco Public Schools program that provides hands-on learning in an outdoor setting; and more.

Cheers erupted across the cafeteria as Falcon Bluffs Middle School principal Tom Burns knocked down every pin in the school’s makeshift bowling alley.

But this was not a typical game of bowling. Instead of bowling balls, students launched frozen turkeys down the alleys, attempting to knock down pins that were decorated to look like Thanksgiving birds as well.

The number of Jeffco schools affected by unsafe levels of lead in drinking water from at least one sink or water fountain has risen to 109.

According to documents posted to the district’s website, approximately 7,500 samples have been taken from 144 schools since June 3, and more than 500 of those samples showed lead levels above the Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum allowable level, which is 15 parts per billion.

The Jeffco Public library announced last week it has received a state grant that will be used for the purchase of educational materials.

The grant, which totals $131,272, was awarded by the Colorado State Library through the State Grants to Libraries Act. The funds will be budgeted as 2017 revenue and will be used to purchase books for the library’s childhood literacy programs, a Jeffco Public Library news release stated.